Southeast Texas Arts Council festival set for Oct. 9-10 “What do you like about Beaumont?” a friend from a different part of the country asked me. I thought for a moment and said, “I like the arts scene.” I came to southeast Texas six years ago and almost immediately I found myself immersed in the
Well, it’s one of those director’s statements that are not as fun as others. the studio is a great building and it is serving it’s purpose well but for a few things. Our Fire Alarm service box(the brain) has gone kaput and after months of service calls and technicians being stumped it turns out the
Printmaker Abelman discovers inspiration in Estonia Maurice Abelman is quiet. The soft-spoken artist is not the kind of person who one expects to stand on a street corner and rant at the world. Through his detailed woodblock collages, Abelman comments on the world around him, but it was from an increasingly narrow point of view.
Fans of “Supernatural” will gather in Dallas, Sept. 11-13 for a convention celebrating the series. Stars Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles are scheduled to attend. The CW series, in its 11th season, centers around brothers Sam and Dean Winchester as they hunt demons and monsters drawn from American urban legends and classic theology and mythology.
Beaumont artist David Granitz III will present “Mutabulis,” an exhibition of his work at Finder’s Fayre Antiques. The show is part of the Contemporary Local Artist Showcase Series. The exhibition will open Sept. 3, with a reception scheduled for 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and continue through Oct. 1. Finder’s Fayre Antiques is located at
“It took me time to understand my water lilies. I had planted them for the pleasure of it; I grew them without ever thinking of painting them.” — Claude Monet GIVERNEY, France — Claude Monet’s “Nymphéas,” better known as water lilies, are as ubiquitous as Leonardo’s Mona Lisa. Every imaginable item of consumer goods —
BEAUMONT —In the boiling heat of a Southeast Texas summer, a gaggle of unruly artistic types are hatching a plan — no, they are not planning on breaking into a bank and making off with millions, although most of them fit the “starving artist” stereotype — they are planning to launch the new arts season.
Beaumonters Clark, Thacker ‘take care’ of contemporary art This is the latest in an ongoing series about Southeast Texas art collectors. BEAUMONT — The term architecture, in a nutshell, is the art and science of designing buildings and other structures. Taking into account the environment, materials available and purpose of the newly constructed space, architects
Welcome back to the Issue. I hope your summer was as productive as ours. Along with sweltering to the heat, as all the residents will attest to, they nonetheless persevered in their effort to create art. Our refurbished exhaust fan on the roof has come back to life thanks to the efforts of a machine
BEAUMONT — The Art Studio, Inc. was well represented at the Press Club of Southeast Texas Excellence in Media awards, held June 5 at the MCM Elegante Hotel, earning 11 awards overall for related publications. ISSUE magazine staffers earned nine awards for the publication, including placing second in the Best Magazine category. First place award
